The return of death and taxes
Memorial Day is around the corner; and dread of the proposed austerity measures grows in the press
View ArticlePolice bar mourners from Mt. Herzl military cemetery
Group tries to pay its annual respects at graves of lone soldiers, including Holocaust survivors, but is forced to grieve in parking lot
View ArticlePrime minister visits his brother’s grave at Mt. Herzl cemetery
Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu pay respects to war hero ahead of Memorial Day
View ArticlePM thanks fallen soldiers as Memorial Day commences
‘We remember, we weep, and we hurt,’ says Netanyahu; Israelis to pay tribute to 25,578 wartime dead in ceremonies throughout the country
View ArticleMasses visit cemeteries as nation’s fallen remembered
Some 1.5 million expected at remembrance ceremonies for Israel’s 25,578 war and terror victims; Ya’alon: ‘The struggle is not over, rather it is changing in nature’
View ArticleLeprosy and badmouthing the IDF
The Torah metes out skin disease to the gossipmonger, who believes God’s pie is too small for all of us to have a big piece
View Article‘We will not give in or surrender,’ PM says as nation remembers fallen
Some 1.5 million at ceremonies for Israel’s 25,578 war and terror victims; morning siren brings country to standstill
View ArticleTerror victims group’s chief lashes out during ceremony
At a national memorial for civilians killed in attacks, chairman says the state appears to be embarrassed by bereaved families
View ArticleRemembering both sides on Yom Hazikaron
‘Killing Palestinians would not bring my Yaeli back; nothing would,’ a grieving father tells a joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial service, recalling his daughter who was murdered in a terror attack
View ArticleThieves strike while mourners remember
Police open investigations into robberies committed during Memorial Day ceremonies
View ArticlePeres sings and the nation dances as Israel celebrates independence
Dignitaries attend President’s Residence celebration; Monday evening saw torchlightings mark transition from Memorial Day to Yom Ha’atzmaut at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem
View ArticleOver a million Israelis flock to parks, nature sites for Independence Day
Forest fire near Elad; many parks report overcrowding; Monday evening saw torchlightings mark transition from Memorial Day to Yom Ha’atzmaut
View ArticleHeads of state send Peres letters of congratulations
In honor of Israel’s 65th birthday, Obama, Putin, Pope Francis and other world leaders convey friendship, prayers, and wishes for peace
View ArticleObama: Israel has no greater ally than the United States
US president, in Independence Day message, pledges to work with Jewish state to achieve the dream of for security and peace
View ArticleNon-Jewish soldiers may be buried with Jewish comrades
MK Elazar Stern, a former IDF major-general and observant Jew, seeks an end to separate burial plots in military cemeteries
View ArticleSoldier burial bill faces mounting opposition
Jewish Home party turns against initiative to bury Jewish and non-Jewish troops alongside each other; IDF set to present its position
View ArticleAfter Knesset balks, IDF to directly integrate military burials
Ya’alon to put Jews and non-Jews in different rows of same section, after bill to bury soldiers together shelved due to religious MK opposition
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